NOWRA Board of Directors
The 16 person NOWRA Board of Directors is made up of the 4-person Executive Committee plus two members from each of the following six onsite industry categories: Academia, Designer/Engineer, Regulatory, Supplier/Manufacturer, Installer, and Service Provider. Board members are elected to serve 3-year terms. Terms begin December 1 of the year the board member is elected and concludes November 30 of the end year.
Nominations Being Sought for the 2026-2029 NOWRA Board of Directors
The 2026 election for the NOWRA Board of Directors will be taking place this Fall for the following OPEN positions. The term will begin December 1, 2026 and run through November 30, 2029.
- Academic
- Engineer/Designer
- Regulator
- Supplier/Manufacturer
If you are interested in running for any of the above positions, download the Election Overview materials and/or please send us an email. Nomination deadline is August 14, 2026.
Current NOWRA Board of Directors: Dec 1, 2025 - Nov 30, 2026
Ex-Officio
Thomas (Tom) Groves (Executive Director)
NOWRA
P.O. Box 982
Westford, MA 01886
978-496-1800
Executive Committee
Chris LeClair, R.E.H.S. (President)
Director, Land & Resource Mgmt.
Ottertail County, Minnesota
Government Services Center
540 West Fir Avenue
Fergus Falls, MN 65637
218-998-8105
Term: December 2024 - November 2026
Jim King (Secretary/Treasurer)
President
Eljen Corp.
90 Meadow Road
Windsor, CT 06095
800-444-1359
Term: July 2024 - June 2026
Dwayne Jones (Vice-President)
Jones Pump Service
4213 Madonna Road
Jarrettsville, MD 21084
410-692-6900
Term: December 2024 - November 2026
Board of Directors
Kwame Agyare, P.E.
President
Agyare Engineering Services, Inc.
35640 Fremont Blvd, Ste 108
Fremont, CA 94536
510-738-4258
Term: December 2025 - November 2028 (Engineer/Designer)
Michael Broussard
Liquid Waste Program Manager
New Mexico Environment Department
Environmental Health Bureau
2540 Camino Edward Ortiz
Santa Fe, NM 87507
505-470-5809
Term: December 2023 - November 2026 (Regulator)
Kate Carney, P.E.
Owner
Church OWC, LLC.
P.O. Box 18796
Golden, CO 80402
Office: 720-898-3434
Cell: 720-837-6397
Term: December 2023 - November 2026 (Designer/Engineer)
Chris Chapman
Owner
Show Me Soils
P.O. Box 73
St. Clair, MO 63077
636-629-1788
Term: December 2024 - November 2027 (Service Provider)
Ashley Donnelly
Technical Training and Sales Development Manager
Infiltrator Water Technologies
4 Business Park Road
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
860-577-7126
Term: December 2023 - November 2026 (Supplier/Manufacturer)
Claude Goguen
Director of Outreach and Technical Education
National Precast Concrete Association
1320 City Center Drive, Suite 200
Carmel, IN 46032
317-582-2328
Term: December 2024 - November 2027 (Supplier/Manufacturer)
Gary Hawkins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Water Resource Management Specialist
Crop and Soil Science
University of Georgia
1420 Experiment Station Road
Watkinsville, GA 30677
706-542-7167
Term: December 2025 - November 2028 (Academic)
Nicholas Huber
Group Manager
Onsite, TRL, and Field Service Section /Northeast Region
OK Dept. of Environmental Quality/Environmental Complaints & Local Services
707 N. Robinson, PO Box 1677
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677
Work (405)702-6188
Term: March 2025- November 2027 (Regulator)
Anish Jantrania, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Texas A & M University
Dept. of Biological & Agricultural Engineering
201 Scoates Hall 2117 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2117
(254) 774-6014
Term: December 2023 - November 2026 (Academic)
Brian Koski
Septic Check
6074 Keystone Road
Milaca, MN 56353
320-983-2447
Term: December 2024 - November 2027 (Installer)
Zak Sherman
Sickles Concrete Products
Athens, OH 45701
Term: December 2025 - November 2028 (Service Provider)
Brian Wakefield
President
Texas Wastewater, LLC
1234 Broadhead Road
Waxahachie, TX 75165
972-921-6619
Term: December 2025 - November 2028 (Installer)